. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARG/262 
12 May 2011 
 (11-2426) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA 
(National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, E-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   The active ingredient 
endosulfan and its formulated products. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución sobre la prohibición del pr incipio activo endosulfán y sus productos 
formulados  (Draft Resolution imposing a ban on th e active ingredient endosulfan and its 
formulated products) (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution proposes a complete ban on the use, 
importation, production (synthesis), formulati on and marketing of the active ingredient 
endosulfan and its formulated products within a five-year period of the entry into force of 
the measure.  The draft Resolution contains a phasing-out timetable. 
This draft Resolution also provides for a ban on the registration of new products, active 
ingredients and products formulated on the basis of the active ingredient endosulfan. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Draft Resolution imposing a ban on the active ingredient endosulfan and its 
formulated products. 
Reference document: 
- Recommendation by the Persistent Orga nic Pollutants Review Committee of the 
Stockholm Convention to amend Annex A to  the Convention and draft amendment 
text (POPRC-6/8/UNEP/POPS/COP.5/17). G/TBT/N/ARG/262 
Page 2  
 
   Available at: 
"http://chm.pops.int/Convention/COP/hrMee tings/COP5/COP5Documents/tabid/1268/lang
uage/en-US/Default.aspx " 
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties adopted the POPRC-6 recommendation.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
Day after publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   21 June 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina 
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior Avda. Julio. A. Roca 651, Piso 4° Sector 2 (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires 
Fax: 54 11 4349-4072 
Tel.: 54 11 4349-4067 E-mail: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar
 
Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/fo rmularios/notific_arg.php
 
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/ultimas_notif.php  
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/ARG/11_1474_00_s.pdf